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Latest News in Telecommunications
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March 05, 2026
'Addiction' Became A 'Dirty Word' At Instagram, Jury Hears
A former executive and consultant for Meta testified Thursday in bellwether litigation over claims that its subsidiary Instagram is harmful to children, telling a Los Angeles jury that between his two stints with the company, he saw "addiction" go from an openly researched topic to a taboo "dirty word."
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March 05, 2026
Texas Justices Say Standing Is Key To Telecom Fee Caps Case
The Texas Supreme Court on Thursday focused on whether dozens of cities can sue the state over the constitutionality of two laws that cap the fees telecommunications providers pay cities to place infrastructure in public rights-of-way.
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March 05, 2026
Cable Group Wants DC Judge To Freeze US Copyright Fees
The cable industry's main trade group wants a D.C. federal court to order an injunction blocking the U.S. Copyright Office from enforcing an agency rule on how to calculate cable royalties because the rule "cannot be squared with the text of the Copyright Act."
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March 05, 2026
Nielsen Urges 2nd Circ. To Nix Data-Tying Order
Ratings provider Nielsen has told the Second Circuit that a lower court injunction blocking it from conditioning access to its nationwide radio ratings data on the purchase of local market data intruded on its private price negotiations with radio giant Cumulus Media.
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March 05, 2026
Hytera Fined $50M For Stealing Motorola Trade Secrets
An Illinois federal judge on Thursday fined Hytera Communications Corp. $50 million for conspiring to steal Motorola's trade secrets but rejected the government's bid for more than $290 million in restitution on top of roughly $600 million it will pay in a parallel civil case, finding payments Hytera has made in that lawsuit offset what it owes in the criminal matter.
Areas of Coverage
- AGENCIES
- Federal Communications Commission
- Federal Trade Commission
- U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
- White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
- National Telecommunications and Information Administration
- State and local telecom regulators
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Antitrust, consumer protection, and privacy controls
- Telecom lobbying
- International telecom regulation and legislation
- ENFORCEMENT
- Surveillance investigations and enforcement
- FCC administrative proceedings
- Merger reviews
- LITIGATION
- Antitrust suits
- Consumer litigation and class actions
- Privacy disputes, including government surveillance complaints and data breach suits
- Intellectual property issues, including piracy actions
- International trade suits
- Fights over telecom regulatory limits
- Labor and employment suits
- Shareholder litigation
- Bankruptcy proceedings
- TRANSACTIONS
- Mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures
- Telecom infrastructure projects
- Share buybacks and stock splits
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of telecommunications law practices
Readership
- Telecommunications lawyers at top law firms
- Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 companies
- Executives and attorneys at telecommunications companies
- Information experts at law firms, agencies, and companies
- Policymakers at federal and state agencies
- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
- Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
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